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Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951)

287 min · Adventure, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, science fiction film

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Directors

Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell

Cast

Judd Holdren, Larry Stewart, George Eldredge, Gene Roth, Skelton Knaggs, Don C. Harvey, William Fawcett, I. Stanford Jolley, Jimmy Stark, Jack Ingram, Zon Murray, Rusty Wescoatt, Selmer Jackson, Rick Vallin, Oliver Cross, Tristram Coffin, Eddie Foster, William Bailey, Terry Frost, Knox Manning

The story

Judd Holdren, in what was only his second starring screen role, plays Captain Video, the leader of a group of crime-fighters known as the Video Rangers. He faces an interplanetary menace, as the evil dictator of the planet Atoma, Vultura (Gene Roth) and his lackey, the traitorous earth scientist Dr. Tobor (George Eldredge) are planning to conquer the planet Earth, by controlling the weather.

Catalogue themes and tags

Base, Berge, Gut und Böse, Kampf, Keep secret, Leiche verstecken, Planeten, Superhelden, Support, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Black-and-white

Genres

Adventure, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, science fiction film

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